HIGH - END WEDDINGS

Before William and Kate got married, we knew what to expect and
the level it was to achieve. There were tremendous protocols and
traditions to be followed to the letter.

I might add the blocking (where to stand) and acting was superb
with hundreds maybe thousands on the sidelines opening the right doors, and
guiding the actors.

It was a spectacular open book test, all chance of failure
had been removed. It was stunning, very expensive and the entire country came
forth as stand-ins and minor role players.

The costuming for this play was exceptionally beautiful,
colorful, perfection and for the men nothing is better than the military dress
red suits with all the medals worn for which our Tennessee Sharpshooters loved
during our war of independence.

Yet a little bizarre at times because we in the West focused not
as much as the cerebral part of the wedding but what they wore. Every-one
who is in the dress business in England was in couture Valhalla that
day.

Who will ever forget the hat Princess Beatrice of York wore at
Prince William and Kate Middleton ‘s royal wedding.

It was a show stopper. Had she worn a commode on her head it
wouldn't draw that much attention. Some of the hats could have been used
as a commode. It looked like a commode that was fuming.

Don’t get me wrong she is beautiful, delicate yet exotic, I fell
in love with her, and eyes that light in the night, but the hat still looks
like a toilet.

Several from the Royal Astronomy Society thought perhaps it was
used to summon aliens from another world.
It's the details that make a wedding different. And that’s what
makes them all different and that’s what you get paid for. Weddings as
traditional as they may seem, are all different. There is something that sets
each one of them apart.

By the way like in all fairy tales, and this one went out of the
box, the story has a happy ending. The hat has a new owner: The towering
chapeau sold for an astonishing 81,100.01 pounds, approximately $130,000, on
eBay and proves Barnum’s accountant got it right, there is one born every few
minutes, on the other hand the money was
all donated to charity.

“It has its own personality, and I am so happy that we have
raised the most incredible amount of money and can make an even bigger change
for the lives of some of the most vulnerable children across the world,”
Beatrice, the daughter of Prince Andrew and Duchess Sarah
Ferguson, said in a statement on Sunday. Yesterday I put a big red bow on
my toilet and will put it up on eBay and see what it brings.

So far, no bids… but a special note: If you take the time and go look at all the
hats worn on that occasion, there are more toilet bowls to be see, more that at
the last Porta-Potty convention.